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CVE-2014-9629

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-01-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

Integer overflow in the Encode function in modules/codec/schroedinger.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted length value.

Affected products

• VideoLAN VLC: before 2.1.6; from 2.2.0 before 2.2.1 — fixed in 2.1.6, 2.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VideoLAN VLC 2.1.6, 2.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5
• https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/9bb0353a5c63a7f8c6fc853faa3df4b4df1f5eb5
• https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5
• https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/9bb0353a5c63a7f8c6fc853faa3df4b4df1f5eb5
• https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.html

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